St Patrick’s Chapel is thought to have been constructed in the 8th century and enlarged to the east and west approximately a century later. The layout of the walls of the original chapel suggests a small, rectangular building with an internal length of 4m and internal width of 2.4m, narrowing to 2.2m at the western end. Fragments of painted wall plaster where recovered from demolition rubble associated with this earliest phase, suggesting that the chapel would originally have been highly decorated. The chapel was renovated in the 1860s by Reverend Royds. A John Royds was rector of St Peters Church from 1858-1865 and a Charles Twemlow Royds was rector from 1865-1900. A further period of restoration was conducted in 1903. St Patrick’s Chapel is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I Listed Building; the Scheduled Area includes a total of eight Grade I Listed body-shaped, rock-cut graves.

The east gable wall, most of the south wall, and the east part of the north wall survive to heights of between 3m and 4m. Other walls survive as foundations with adjacent rock cut graves and a burial ground.

Period

Medieval (410 - 1540)

Period comments

Between C8th-C12th|Possibly C8th|Late C7th/early C8th|Medieval

The earliest date of the feature, as a year, if known

1066|701|667

The latest date of the feature, as a year, if known

1540|800|732

Monument Type - Broad

CHAPEL|WALL|CEMETERY|CARVED STONE|STEPS|GRAVE SLAB|GRAVE

Monument Type - Narrow

Monument Description

Evidence Type - Broad

Evidence Type - Narrow

Evidence Description

Object Type - Broad

Object Type - Narrow

Object Description

Other records:

NRHE Number

41445

NT HBSMR Number

MNA120315

HER Event Number

Unknown

External Link

None

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